To some, METR’s “time horizon plot” indicates that AI utopia—or apocalypse—is close at hand. The truth is more complicated. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy ...

Tim and Moby are getting up there. But according to Brainpop Chief Product Officer Jay Chakrapani, they aren’t slowing down. I had the chance to discuss the latest and greatest with one of edtech’s OG ...

Mark Twain once wrote, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” (He attributed the quip to former British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, but its true origin is unknown.) ...

BrainPOP, per the company's website, was founded in 1999 by Dr. Avraham Kadar as a creative way to explain difficult concepts to his young patients. Kirkby, the company which owns Lego, is acquiring ...

Lego owner Kirkbi A/S is buying U.S. video-learning firm Brainpop for $875 million, according to the companies, as the family behind the world’s largest toy maker expands into the education business.

BILLUND, Denmark & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KIRKBI A/S, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO brand (‘KIRKBI’), and BrainPOP, a leading educational technology business (the ...

The company that owns Lego is diving headlong into K-12 education’s switch to digital. Kirkbi A/S, the private investment and holding company that owns a controlling stake in Lego, acquired the video ...